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Down to the Woods

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Down to the Woods

By: M. J. Arlidge
Narrated by: Sally Scott
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Down to the Woods by M.J. Arlidge, read by Sally Scott.

There is a sickness in the forest. First, it was the wild horses. Now it's innocent men and women, hunted down and murdered by a faceless figure. Lost in the darkness, they try to flee, they try to hide. In desperation, they call out for help. But there is no-one to hear their cries here...

DI Helen Grace must face down a new nightmare. The arrow-ridden victims hang from the New Forest's ancient oaks, like pieces of strange fruit. Why are helpless holidaymakers being targeted in peak camping season? And what do their murders signify? Is a psychopath stalking the forest? Is there an occult element to the killings? Could the murders even be an offering to the Forest itself? Helen must walk into the darkness to discover the truth behind her most challenging, most macabre case yet.


'Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER

'The new Jo Nesbo' JUDY FINNIGAN

'Fast paced and nailbitingly tense ... gripping' SUN

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Critic reviews

Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years (Jeffery Deaver)
Page-turningly chilling
DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine ... Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone
This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo (Judy Finnigan)
Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent
One of the best new series detectives . . . Mesmerizing! (Lisa Gardner)
M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace
Chilling stuff
A chilling read
A grisly, gripping thriller
All stars
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absolutely loved this book would highly recommend it to anyone. best D I grace book so far

best DI Grace book yet

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I really struggled to get into this one, the narrator just didn’t sound right! It really ruined the story for me! I really hope they sort this for the next book!

Narrator was not good

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I found this Helen Grace story rather farfetched in places and not nearly as good as the others. The narrator's voice began to grate with her approach to the different voices, especially Charlie's.

Disappointing

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Use the word ‘suddenly’ much less please! Too much repetition of being chased through woods. Why were we interested in the child’s sleeping problems?

Very poor book

Far too long and dull

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Back with a vengeance, I enjoyed this one far more than the last, Helen seems to have regained the majority of her true spirit and plunges into this wholeheartedly.

I must admit that the whole thing was a bit farfetched but that was one of the things I enjoyed most, I always love a good farfetched tale, fiction should, occasionally, be stranger than the truth, and let's face it, strange, highly unbelievable things happen every day.

Helen deals with the investigation astutely as in most of her previous 'cases' and I am glad to see her back to her usual self.

Helen is back

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